Danny Brown on The Downside of Rap

Make an album in my head . As when you start to make music , you wanna be as experimental and to be you as much as point you don't understand is the thing called music business . So you're not thinking about business , you're just thinking about art .

Danny Brown on The Downside of Rap

You know what I'm saying ? It was a big deal for me and you know , we made that album and I just think um the world of music has changed so much . We're like um a 12th tiktok beat means way more than you putting out a single .

Danny Brown on The Downside of Rap

But then the album comes out and at the time , no one really thought about the album , I would , I would think no one I did . But at that time , no one thought that the album would be like a , a big deal . End up the album come out at one fucking album of the year in spin magazine .

Danny Brown on The Downside of Rap

All right , I know how to rap . A record label signs me . I rapped for this record label .

Danny Brown on The Downside of Rap

Because like , OK , this even up like the album that I just , I made an album um during COVID , obviously , we were sitting around when nobody could do nothing and I just felt like , oh shit , I ain't . So I just started going to the studio and just start recording songs , making music , record the album and this is the album that we're gonna release , but the album been done for like three years like , you know , and well , what's been the hold up ? You don't know .